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Six forms of government according to Aristotle and what form is in your country?

There are six forms of government, according to Aristotle. There are three main forms (government of one, government of a few, and government of many) with two which derive from the main ones: Royalty – Tyranny; Aristocracy – Oligarchy; Constitutional Government – Democracy. First of all, Royalty is a constitutional government of one which purpose is the common good as a whole. However, in most cases it turns out that the Royalty cannot act as a true one because the main figure achieves more power and decides to take the decisions without taking into account the solutions of problems which lead to a common good. Thus there comes the Tyranny. There come the rules of an individual which are designed in a way to make him thrive and prosper over the others. All people need to obey because the ruler possesses the power, the dignity and the land which helps him to prevent others` actions from the government policies and decisions of the whole country. Secondly, there is an Absolute Aristocracy which means that the government is consisted of the people who have the most virtue and are very wealthy. But the problem is that when the property is too high to be achieved from the poor, they cannot take place in the government and they are not able to have a point on every decision which is made because they are not qualified enough, taking into account all the property which the rich can afford to have. That is why Aristocracy turns automatically into Oligarchy. This form of government could transform into a Dynasty because the rich have all the options and chances of becoming the rulers and no one could oppose this fact because no one has more power or money than the ruler of the Dynasty. Thus there again arises the problem of the unachievable common good. Aristocracy is based on the idea of the common good but there are many obstacles which hinder this aim and one of them is the big...

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